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Sit-down restaurants in Ascension Parish, LA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Ascension Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 77 out of 100: High
Ranked #206 of 2,405 scored counties
#2 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 247
- 102 chain locations (41%)
- Official establishments
- 61
- +5.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $203.4M
- On food away from home · $4,268 a household
- Spending per listing
- $823K
- 24% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 51.8
- 15% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 135,105
- +6.4% since 2020
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What this means
For sit-down restaurants, Ascension Parish has a Groundwork market score of 77 (high): #206 of 2,405 scored counties and #2 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for sit-down restaurants.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 247 sit-down restaurants in Ascension Parish. Chain locations make up 41% of them, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 51.8, 15% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
At $4,268 per household (5% above the U.S. average), households in Ascension Parish spend about $203.4M a year on food away from home. That is about $823K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 24% above the U.S. figure of $664K. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 61 businesses with payroll in Ascension Parish classed as full-service restaurants, up 5.2% from 2019. That is one for every 781 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $1.9M have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Ascension Parish. Population estimates put the population change in Ascension Parish from 2020 to 2025 at +6.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Ascension Parish compares
The same measures for Louisiana and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the sit-down restaurants counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Ascension Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 51.8 | 60.1 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $823K | $577K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 781 | 585 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.2% | +2.8% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.4% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,268 | $3,469 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $91,549 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 77 | 25 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 58 → 61+5.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,301
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $28.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 16Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 247102 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 307The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $1.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Ascension Parish, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Ascension Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 135,105+6.4% since 2020
- Households
- 47,656
- Median age
- 37.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 290 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 449
- Median household income
- $91,549+13.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $113,485
- Median home value
- $279,600
- Jobs located here
- 51,055
- Daytime population
- 119,780Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with Ascension Parish marked.
Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Livingston Parish, LA | 79 | 207 | 38.6 | $975K | +8.5% | #150 of 2,405 |
| 2Ascension Parish, LA | 77 | 247 | 51.8 | $823K | +6.4% | #206 of 2,405 |
| 3West Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 74 | 55 | 50.1 | $776K | +5.5% | #287 of 2,405 |
| 4East Feliciana Parish, LA | 73 | 13 | 20.3 | $1.8M | −2.8% | #289 of 2,405 |
| 5Beauregard Parish, LA | 72 | 42 | 30.6 | $1.2M | +0.2% | #312 of 2,405 |
| 6St. James Parish, LA | 67 | 27 | 35.8 | $1M | −5.9% | #450 of 2,405 |
| 7Winn Parish, LA | 66 | 15 | 31.3 | $986K | +9.1% | #483 of 2,405 |
| 8Grant Parish, LA | 65 | 7 | 9.4 | $3.7M | −0.3% | #508 of 2,405 |
| 9St. Helena Parish, LA | 63 | 5 | 12.0 | $2.4M | −1.2% | #593 of 2,405 |
| 10Assumption Parish, LA | 63 | 22 | 24.9 | $1.3M | −5.9% | #595 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Ascension Parish
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes68
- Sit-down restaurants77
- Fast food and sandwich shops55
- Pizza67
- Coffee shops and cafes71
- Bakeries and dessert shops72
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Ascension Parish, LA?
There are 247 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Ascension Parish as of September 2026. 102 of them (41%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 61 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 5.2% from 2019. Official counts list 16 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Ascension Parish, LA spend on food away from home?
About $203.4M a year, or $4,268 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 247 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $823K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 47,656 households in Ascension Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ascension Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Ascension Parish has 51.8 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $823K, 24% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Ascension Parish would have about 307, against 247 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 781 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Ascension Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Ascension Parish at 135,105 people in 2025, up 6.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 47,656 households. The median household income in Ascension Parish is $91,549 a year, 13% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 13.7% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Ascension Parish scores 77 for sit-down restaurants (high), #206 of 2,405 scored counties.
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